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The Court holds that S.C. Code Ann. § 42-1-560 sets forth strict requirements that must be met in order for a claimant to pursue a workers’ compensation action and a third-party suit. However, the Claimant in this case was not barred from pursing workers’ compensation benefits because she voluntarily dismissed her third-party suit.

The Court affirmed the circuit court’s order requiring appellant to undergo testing for HIV and Hepatitis B, finding that a showing of probable cause that appellant actually suffered from one of the diseases was not required by the Fourth Amendment or the South Carolina Constitution. The Court also found the statute constitutional in light of appellant’s challenge that the statute is vague.

This case involves the issue of whether the Court of Appeals erred by holding that a statute does not require the automatic continuation of child support for eighteen-year-old high school students progressing satisfactorily toward graduation.